Bed-spring.



M. HAAS.

BED SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED was. I914.

1,144,123, Patented June 22, 1915.

'stood, however,.that any springs may be'employed, and the same'may outer portions of the lining 25 are carned To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Moms HAAS, a citi- Zen of the Unitedfitates, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of ing's, city and State of New York, have invented Improvement in Bed-Springs, of which th following is a spe ification.

retofore, in the use of bed s rings, as commonly constructed, the mattress is placed directly upon the .top of the bed spring, and inasmuch as in the ordinary forms of bed springs noprovision is made for preventing the'matt'res's from spreading, the same will, in use, become flattened by the Wei ht of the body lying upon the same, and will consequentlyspread at the sides, oftentimes becoming so flat and eventually, as to -be uncomfortable. I y present invention relates more particularly to upholstered box bed springs, and the object-thereof is the provisionof a box bed spring so constructed as to receive and yieldingly support a mattress and prevent the same from sp'rea ing, as wil be hereinafter more particularly described. 7

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a Elan view of my improvedbox bed spring. ig. 2 is a partial elevation and enlarged cross section on .line 2, 2, Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the corner of a bedstead, and

illustrating the use of my improvedfbox .bed

spring in connection therewith, andFig. 4 is a partial cross section illustrating the manner in which thecover and the liningare connected together, and both these parts secured in position relatively to the frame.

In constructing my improved box bed spring, I preferably employ a base made of rails 10 and 11, suitably secured to one another at right angles. I also preferably employ depending flange rails 12, suitably secured .to the rails 11,'and adapted to fit within the head and side rails of the bedstead, to maintain the bed box spring in position therein. In suitably spaced positions, and connected at one end to the rails As illustrated, these,

10, are. springs 13. springs are doublevolute springs, and at their inner or lower ends, are-secured to the rails 10 by staples 14. It w'lI- be underably. ,shaped be connected to the rails in any desired manner. Also, as. 1s customary in bed springs employing the type ofspring i]lus-" trate the drawing, these springs 1 are Specification of Letters Patent. application and Au'gust s, 1914. Serial no. 855,766.

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s'iiitablyconnected or tied together by cross straps 15. I also employ a rim 16, which may be made of light wood, metal or other similar material, and which is preferably rectangular to define the upper outlineof the box bed spring. Associated with the rim 16 is an auxiliary rim 17, of the same configuration but appreciably smaller dimensions, both rectilinear and in cross sec- --tion.

The auxiliary rail 17 is preferably made of a sufiiciently heavy wire to answer its purpose.

11 carrying out my invention, the upper or outer end of each of the outer or marginal springs 13 is preferably formed in the s ape of a L! 18 and bent at an inclination, so that the parallel portions thereof extend between the auxiliary rims 17' and main rim 16. Adjacent its spring, each U-shaped end thereof is secured to the auxiliary rim .17 by a suitable tie, as indicated at 19, while. the base of the U-shaped end is secured to the m in rim 16 by suitable ties indicated at 20. At its extremity, the U-shaped end of Patented June 22, 1915.

each spring is formed in an eye 21 to engage the upperportion of the next adjacent spring. At the corners I also prefer to employ connecting members, indicated at 22,

extending between the main rim 16 and the auxiliary rim 17, to both of which these members are suitably connected and also to the adjacent spring 13 by a tie, as indicated at 23.

The structure, as hereinbefore described, is provided with a cover 24 made of a suita able fabric, which extends under the base,

I edges in contact with the parts of the frame so as to prevent the same from spreading.

By referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the outer edge of the cover 24 1s carried over the rim 16 and the auxihary mm 17,

and the edge thereof turned'up against the then inner surface of the cover, while the beneath the auxiliary rim 17 and the edge portions thereof, together with the then adjacent portions of the cover 24, are secured together 'lar structures, by, for; example, ting the depending flange rails 12 with sockcover 24 bye, line of sewing 27, or otherwise. By reference to .Fig. 3, it will be seen-that the base may be so constructed that the and to the adjacent part of the tween the same, forming a frame to receive a mattress so as to prevent the same from spreading.

2. A box bed spring comprising a base, a

flange rails 12 depend therefrom as to fitflmim defining')the outline of the upper'portion within the rails 28 and 29 of the bedstead,

one corner post of which is illustrated, at 27. It will be further understood that the box bed spring, as hereinbefore described, may be employed in couches, and other simisuitably fitets or other devices for receiving rollers or casters, and that irrespective of the use to which the box bed spring is put, it is designed to prevent-the ,mattress, employed therewith, from spreading.

I claim as my invention:

1. A box bed spring comprising a base, a rim defining the outline of the upperportion 'of the box bed spring, an: auxiliary rim'of similar configuration but smaller than the said rim and lying betweenth'e same and the saidtbase, a plurality of springs, each secured at one end to the said base, the opposite ends of the outer springs being formed in the shape of inverted Us, means for securing a portion. of the said outer springs to the said auxiliary rim, and means for rim, portions of the said springs extendingbeformed in the shape of inverted Us,

' 1914. securing the baseofthe said U-shaped portions of the said outer springs to the said the said rim, auxiliary rim, and those ofithe box ed spring, an auxilia g rim of simil 'r configuration but smalle n'itthan the said rim, and lying between thel'same and the said base, a plurality of springs, each secured at one end to the said base, the oppositegcnds of the cuter springs being ties for securing a portion of the said outer springs to the said auxiliary rim, means for securing the base of" the said U-shaped portions of the said outer springsto the said run, a cover extending between the said base and rim and secured to the said auxiliary r m and a lining securedv to the said cover ad acentthe said auxiliary rim, auxiliary rim, and those portions of the said sprin extending between the same, together with that portion of the cover ex tending between the said rim and the auxiliary rim and also the lining, forming a receptacle for a mattress to prevent the same from spreading.

Signed by me MORIS [1 5.]

Witnesses Lno Rosmrzwnm,

GUsYE Rosnnzwnm,

the said rim,

this 5th day: of August, 

